Surgery is over and I am home

I'm finally on my way to beating cancer. My surgery went really well from what I can tell. I'm in little pain except for my headache which is more likely from lack of coffee than from anything else. I am so grateful for all of the people who have made my surgery so easy. The doctor said that he only had to remove one lymph node which is fantastic. We go back to the doctors on Monday morning to make sure I am healing quickly and appropriately. I have been laying in the recliner a lot since being evicted from the hospital at 9:30 am. I am walking every two hours - today once around the block, tomorrow twice - I'm such an overachiever! It really just feels like there is a lot of pulling on my chest. The next few weeks will be hard though - I'm already tired of having Joe take care of me although he is taking on the challenge extremely well. I can't wait to be able to start my mobility exercises next week. I miss my independence already though.

On one last note, I was really disgusted that I gained 3 lbs even though my chest is gone. I think it is all water weight from anaesthesia and it will all go away soon enough. Boy, to I hope for this all to be water weight.

Surgery tomorrow

Surgery is tomorrow and I am ready. I am excited to get past the theories of what we think is going on in my body and get complete answers. Plus, then we start chemo in 4 weeks which will mean that I am going to be perfectly fine in 52 weeks from then. We did find out that infusion treatments (including chemotherapy agents and herceptin) will be weekly for herceptin and every 21 days for the other chemo drugs. This is difficult to accomodate but once it is over, I will be completely cancer free!

I am so impressed by my family, friends, and coworkers who have been ultra supportive of my husband and me. My coworkers and one of my clubs have decided to show their support for me and my recovery by wearing pink and pink ribbons. I am impressed by how wonderful everyone has been. I feel invincible with all of the people who are sending their positive energy to me!

As I was preparing for tomorrow, I rode my bike for 45 min and ran for 4 miles - it was my way of preparing for being sedentary for a little while. It was funny though because my sports bra was irritating me the entire run and I realized that after today, I will not have to deal with this ever again on a run and I smiled and laughed. I also fell asleep for 2 hrs this afternoon - I guess I was tired!

So, here we go! I have faith that everything will be great!